A general atlas for the use of schools; with a short introduction to geography |
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Page 31 - Pruffia had long been an object of his ambition : exclufive of its fertility, commerce, and population, its local fituation rendered it highly valuable to that monarch ; it lay between his German dominions and Eaflern Pruffia, and while poflefled by the Poles, cut off, at their will, all communication between them.
Page 30 - It is bounded on the north and west by the North Sea, on the east by Germany (Hanover and Prussia), and on the south by Belgium.
Page 21 - The greatest part of it is within the torrid zone, which renders the heat almost insupportable in many places. However, the coasts in general are very fertile, the fruits excellent, and the plants extraordinary. There are more wild beasts than in any other part of the world ; there are also some animals peculiar to this country ; as the hippopotamus, or river bone ; the' rhinoceros, with two horns on its nose ; and the beautiful striped zebra.
Page 11 - ... distances. The celebrated Huygens carried his thoughts so far, as to believe it not impossible that there may be stars at such inconceivable distances, that their light has not yet reached the earth since its creation ; although the velocity of light be a million of times greater than the velocity of a cannon bullet ; and, as Mr.
Page 11 - ... discovers to us, such an inconceivable number of suns, systems, and worlds, dispersed through boundless space, that if our sun, with all the planets, moons, and comets, belonging to it, were annihilated, they would be no more missed by an eye that could take in the whole creation, than a grain of sand from the seashore ; the space they possess being comparatively so small, that it would scarce be a sensible blank in the universe...
Page 14 - Mean motion of a planet, that which would take place if it moved in a perfect circle, and equally every day. Meridian, a great circle of the sphere which passes through the zenith and the poles, and is perpendicular to the horizon.
Page 14 - Latitude of a star or planet, is its distance from the ecliptic, reckoned in degrees, minutes, &c. upon the arc of a great circle, which is perpendicular to it.
Page 35 - Chamber, atWetzlar; and the Aulic Council, at Vienna. The three principal religions are, the Roman Catholic, the Lutheran, and the Calvinistic ; but Christians of all denominations are tolerated, and there is a multitude of Jews in all the great towns.
Page 14 - Plane, in astronomy, is frequently used for an imaginary surface, which is supposed to cut and pass through solid bodies ; and in this sense we are to understand the plane of a planet's orbit. Planetarium, an instrument made use of for showing the phenomena of the planets ; see Plate XXI.
Page 13 - Aries coincides with one of the equinoctial points, and the first point of Libra with the other. The first six signs are called northern, lying on the north side of the equator ; and the last six are called southern, lying on the south side. The...